We founded Rypple in 2008 with the idea that social applications were going to change how people worked together. We kept hearing that the static, top-down, compliance-based technology then available in the marketplace didn’t help companies engage and empower their people to do great work and achieve business results. And we wanted to re-invent management [...]
The value of the performance review is a hotly debated subject in the business world, and something that we’ve paid close attention to. People are pretty divided, with some saying they’re a waste of time, and others arguing they’re necessary and effective if done properly. Alison Green, of askamanager.com believes performance reviews deserve a better [...]
Last week we hosted the second meeting of the Rypple Learning Collaborative. Spearheaded by John Foster, IDEO’s Head of Talent and Organization, we spent an exciting afternoon at Pixar’s headquarters together with nearly 40 innovators and thought leaders from top organizations and academic institutions, including Mozilla, Facebook, and Stanford University. One topic that resonated [...]
I heard a great interview today on the radio. It was with Warren Berger about his new book Glimmer. The book is about design, specifically the impact design has on everything we do. Berger emphasized that good design is an iterative process – constantly evolving your ideas by getting feedback from colleagues and other consumers [...]
We’ll be bold if you’ll be. We’re talkin’ to you, HR Technology Conference attendees… This week, we’re prepping for HR Tech. Bill Kutik, the uber-analyst, has selected Rypple as a “cool new technology” for the show. Sweet! We get to demonstrate Rypple in front of a large audience. But, we feel a bit strange about [...]
Earlier this month, BusinessWeek’s The Debate Room hosted an interesting discussion on performance reviews. The value of performance reviews is a hotly debated subject, and we’ve been following for some time. From what I have read in the blogging world, it seems that the majority of people agree that getting employees’ feedback is fundamental to [...]
